linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] timer: Implement the hierarchical pull model

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 12:48:56 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] timer: Implement the hierarchical pull model

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 03:57:35PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> +static bool tmigr_inactive_up(struct tmigr_group *group,
> +			      struct tmigr_group *child,
> +			      void *ptr)
> +{
> +	union tmigr_state curstate, newstate;
> +	struct tmigr_walk *data = ptr;
> +	bool walk_done;
> +	u32 childmask;
> +
> +	childmask = data->childmask;
> +	newstate = curstate = data->groupstate;
> +
> +retry:
> +	walk_done = true;
> +
> +	/* Reset active bit when child is no longer active */
> +	if (!data->childstate.active)
> +		newstate.active &= ~(u8)childmask;
> +
> +	if (newstate.migrator == (u8)childmask) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Find a new migrator for the group, because child group
> +		 * is idle!
> +		 */
> +		if (!data->childstate.active) {
> +			unsigned long new_migr_bit, active = newstate.active;
> +
> +			new_migr_bit = find_first_bit(&active, BIT_CNT);
> +
> +			/* Changes need to be propagated */
> +			walk_done = false;
> +			data->childmask = group->childmask;
> +
> +			if (new_migr_bit != BIT_CNT)
> +				newstate.migrator = BIT(new_migr_bit);
> +			else
> +				newstate.migrator = TMIGR_NONE;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	newstate.seq++;
> +
> +	DBG_BUG_ON((newstate.migrator != TMIGR_NONE) && !(newstate.active));
> +
> +	if (atomic_cmpxchg(group->migr_state, curstate.state, newstate.state) != curstate.state) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Something changed in child/parent group in the meantime,
> +		 * reread the state of child and parent; Update of
> +		 * data->childstate is required for event handling;
> +		 */
> +		if (child)
> +			data->childstate.state = atomic_read(child->migr_state);
> +		newstate.state = curstate.state = atomic_read(group->migr_state);
> +
> +		goto retry;
> +	}
> +
> +	data->groupstate = newstate;
> +
> +	/* Event Handling */
> +	tmigr_update_events(group, child, data);
> +
> +	if (group->parent && (walk_done == false)) {

Nit: it would be slightly clearer if data->childmask were updated here.

> +		data->childstate = newstate;
> +		data->groupstate.state = atomic_read(group->parent->migr_state);

Thanks.